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With set neck construction and arguably the best Seymour Duncan pickup combinations available, the ESP LTD EC1000VB Duncan Electric Guitar will truly sing! The Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup and '59 neck pickup are a match made in heaven, pumping out pure vintage tone with great bite, warmth, string separation and clarity.

ESP LTD EC1000VB Duncan Electric Guitar Features

Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup and '59 neck pickup are a match made in heaven

Set mahogany neck gives loads of sustain and neck to body tone transfer

Customer Reviews

I absolutely love this guitar. The S.D. pickups sound great and the plus was alway not having to have to have a 9V battery to play. The guitar, what else can I say... is a work of art. Just an all-around great great guitar. It is well worth the money. I now now where the extra money is going. Plays like a charm. I am very well pleased and will continue to guy ESP guitars.

Gibby 60
Submitted: 3/26/2015

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These are truly great guitars

What is your opinion of this product?

I bought an EII Eclipse from AMS, I liked it so much I bought the EC1000VB for a backup. But this guitar shines on it's own. The fit and finish is flawless, tone for days. I had many custom shop Gibsons. Now I play ESP, and I'm never going back.

John
Submitted: 1/21/2015

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Best Guitar I've Owned

What is your opinion of this product?

I read a lot of reviews and tried to find the best guitar I could for under $1000. I found multiple sites that had the ESP LTD EC-1000 in their top rated guitars under $1000. I started reading reviews on the other music sites and overwhelmingly people seemed to love this guitar. You can buy it with the EMG pickups for awesome metal thrashing, or you can buy it with the Seymour Duncan pickups which probably add a bit more versatility for blues, rock, grunge, and yes, even metal.
As I unboxed this thing, I was immediately impressed with the satin finish. I sat down and tuned it up, the action was super low, I played every fret and there was no buzz anywhere. It was now time to hook it up and hear it in action, so I plugged it into my Eleven Rack and started playing around with different sounds. It was incredibly clean played on my clean setting, super jazzy with some spank on the jazz settings, handled the crunch and overdrive amazingly. All in all, it blew me away.

Tonefiend from Tallulah, LA, USA
Submitted: 8/29/2013

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Just a great guitar

Your general opinion of this product.

Just a beautifully constructed instrument. Binding and finish are flawless. Tuners are wonderful, as is the bridge. I've put Tonepros on all my other guitars. This one came with it. The tuners are smooth, fast, and hold tune wonderfully.

Haven't owned it long enough to say it's "dependable", but the build quality is outstanding. I figure it'll hold up. But the build quality is equal to or better than any $2k guitar I've handled. And the neck will smoke any Les Paul. ANY Les Paul.

Neck was outstanding. Fret ends could use a little work. Not nearly as good as my Ibanez S920. Neck is thin (but not TOO thin) and very similar to the Wizard Premium on my Ibanez.

The Seymour Duncan JB and '59 will come up with most any tone you could want. Love the EMGs but I already have an Ibanez S920 with that pickup combination, so I went with the Duncans. Glad I did. Sounds fantastic, but I did have to kick the gain on my Blackstar amp up a bit to get the sound I want. (Compared to the active EMGs on my Ibanez)

Action was good. No buzz unless I really attacked the strings, which is normal for any electric. Fretting was easy, and intonation was perfect.

I did my best to find flaws, and couldn't.

Can't say, as I haven't owned it long enough, but I see no reason it won't hold up.

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